by David Rose Following on from the story I wrote under the heading ‘The Wheatsheaf – Guildford’s Rowdiest Pub Ever’, I had an email from Penelope Rehbein to say that…
By David Rose Thousands of people flocked to Guildford town centre on September 21, 1904, to see an unusual sight – a lifeboat being paraded through the town and…
by David Rose The Wheatsheaf pub, once in Mount Street, was at one time the haunt of robbers, conmen and highwaymen. All kinds of crimes took place there, including the…
by David Rose Some great replies to the previous pictures which soon solved the mysteries. The cemetery chapel in The Mount was correctly identified by Ian Plowman, while Richard and…
By David Rose With the news that Guildford bus station may be moved from its present location in Commercial Road, next to the Friary Centre, to a site in Bedford…
by David Rose When a railway company built an embankment near Peasmarsh in the mid 1850s, it may have done so in the knowledge that a train might not ever…
by David Rose Thanks for the replies last time around regarding the pictures of the transport cafe on the London Road. We’ll keep this one open and see if there…
by Valerie White Guildford’s most famous person in our nation’s history is, without doubt, George Abbot, who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 until his death in 1633. However, little…
by David Rose It’s been a couple of weeks since the last mystery pictures featuring snow scenes were posted. I have now added the two comments received. Ian Plowman correctly…
By David Rose The mystery photos shown on the previous post appear to have stumped all of you. No suggestions at all to the location of the house that I…
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